Raised in Jerusalem in a musical family, the child of two cellists,[1] Magen started his musical studies at the piano with Benjamin Oren and Talma Cohen, and first tried the harp when his family moved to France for a sabbatical.
He continued his harp studies with Irena Kaganovski-Kessler in the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance.
Magen studied at the Conservatoire National Superieure in Paris,[3] under the guidance of Isabelle Moretti, where he was a Premier Prix winner.
Magen continued his studies at the Juilliard School with Nancy Allen, and earned a Master's degree.
With the 2017-2018 season, Sivan became principal harp of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra.